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Ring and pinions for the 944
Are there any companies that sell different final drive gears for a plain old 944.
I am trying to drop the RPM some at highway speed on a project of mine. This obviously would require a higher gear (lower numerically) Does anyone know of any options. |
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11-10-2008, 03:23 PM
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The turbo transmission has higher gearing I think. There's also bigger tires. I don't think there are any regular production replacement gearsets for the 944 box that change the ratios.
I gained ~200 rpm in 5th at around 65 mph when I went from a 195/60/15 to a 205/55/15 in the rear. It would most certainly work the other way for your aplication.
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11-10-2008, 04:36 PM
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I am running a 275/40/17 now and I can't go much bigger.
If my math is correct then that would put me at 2958RPM at 70MPH I would love it if I could get that down to around 2000-2300RPM. The 951 gears would get me down to 2567 which I could probably live with. Are the gears interchangeable with the standard 944 boxes? Anyone have any busted 951 transmissions they would like to sell so I can yank the gears out? |
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11-12-2008, 09:11 AM
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11-12-2008, 11:52 AM
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If I had to guess I would say probably not.
I would probably be better off just buying a 6 speed. I suppose I will just live with the revs for now. Incase people don't know I am talking about my V8 Rabbit project. I figured in such a light car (2200lbs) that I would not need low gears to get moving so I would swap them out for a little lower revs on the highway to save some bucks on gas as well as wear and tear. I also would like to avoid having the turbos spooling up too much on the highway unless I want them to and I fear that if the engine is approaching 3000RPM then they may be starting to spool up. I guess I won't know that until it is up and running so i will just worry about that then. |
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